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"Honkai Lion Dance Banraku" is a folk entertainment that has been handed down for 400 years [Yurimoto, Akita Prefecture...

Yurihonjo City is known as the Honkai Lion Dance Bangaku, a folk performing arts that has been passed down since ancient times, and has been designated as an important intangible folk cultural property in the country...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2025.03.18

62nd Namahage Shiba Hill Festival

I was excited by my first Namahage! Local report of the 62nd Namahage Shibato Festival [Oga City, Akita Prefecture]

Oga City, Akita Prefecture is the sacred place for the visitor god "Namahage," which is no exaggeration to say that it is the most famous in Japan. Tohoku Rokken Trivia Media NEFT Why is Nama bald blade...

AoiwaAoiwa2025.02.26

"Yonegawa Water Cows" is a visit event that is passed down on the Miyagi-Iwate Prefecture border | Local report [Miyagi Prefecture...

The water-cooling event in Yonekawa, Higashiwa-cho, Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture is a "national designated Important Intangible Cultural Property", and was decided to be registered as a "UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage" on November 29th, 2018...

editorial staffeditorial staff2025.02.20

[Third] Sugae Masumi walked in Oga Peninsula - Encountered a major earthquake [Akita Prefecture]

Based on the book "Five Winds of Oga" written by Masumi Sugae (1754-1829), a travelogue of the Edo period, who wrote about his travels on the Oga Peninsula, this book is based on the Edo period and modern times...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.12.16

Is Nama bald real? Traces of demons remaining throughout the Oga Peninsula – Oga Peninsula and the Legend of Demons...

Setting aside the debate over whether Namahage are demons or gods, there are many demon legends on the Oga Peninsula. The story is based on the story of the five animals who visited with Emperor Wu of Han...

NORIJUNNORIJUN2024.11.19

[Recommended Autumn Festival: Iwate Edition 2] Iwate's Autumn Festival changes the festival as things change

Compared to the northern part of Iwate Prefecture, where many festivals feature floats taking to the streets, the autumn festivals in the southern part of the prefecture are rich in individuality. In towns along the Sanriku coast, mikoshi are carried in the sea...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.09.03

[Recommended Autumn Festival: Iwate Edition 1] Let's go and see the gorgeous, elegant floats created by citizens!

Autumn festivals in the northern region of Iwate Prefecture are characterized by many festivals in which colorfully decorated floats, such as warrior dolls and decorative curtains, are paraded through the city. The luck of the floats again...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.09.03

Sanriku International Art Festival 2024

Sanriku International Art Festival 2024 | An event that brings together local performing arts from the Sanriku region will be held again this year...

The Sanriku International Art Festival conveys the charm of Sanriku, a treasure trove of performing arts, both domestically and internationally, and through exchanges with performing arts and contemporary artists from around the world, mainly from Asia.

AoiwaAoiwa2024.09.02

[Recommended Autumn Festival: Fukushima Edition] Autumn in Fukushima is a warrior line and fight festival!

Nationally known festivals in Fukushima Prefecture include the Fukushima Waraji Festival in Fukushima City and the Uneme Festival in Koriyama City, both of which are held in early August...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.08.30

[Recommended Autumn Festival: Miyagi Edition] The Date family's majestic atmosphere and music overflowing with the city's city, coloring autumn.

Speaking of Miyagi Prefecture's big autumn festivals, the annual festival at Osaki Hachimangu Shrine, the 620,000 koku guardian of the Sendai domain, is famous. In addition, Date Masamune, the founder of the domain, founded Sendai...

Daiwa ConsilioDaiwa Consilio2024.08.27

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